Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted weekly on this blog.

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Bill	Title	Sponsor	Status	Date	Latest Cmte Mtg Info	Companion
HB 1008	Agency data practices audits	Smith	H Gen Govt & Inf	1/12/2015	Jan 30 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Gen Govt & Info Tech at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1079	Joint utilization contracts	Kochmar	H State Governme	1/12/2015	Jan 21 Public hearing in the House  Committee on State Government at 8:00 AM.	SB 5348(SGovtOp&StSec)
HB 1086	Public record commercial use	Moeller	H State Governme	1/12/2015	Jan 20 Public hearing in the House  Committee on State Government at 10:00 AM.
HB 1105	Operating sup budget 2015	Hunter	H Approps	1/12/2015	Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 5076(SWays & Means)
HB 1106	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hunter	H Approps	1/12/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.	SB 5077(SWays & Means)
HB 1107	Cultural & heritage programs	Springer	H Comm Dev, Hous	1/12/2015	Jan 20 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 1:30 PM.	SB 5463(SWays & Means)
HB 1133	Public utility tax, counties	Tharinger	H Local Govt	1/14/2015	Jan 22 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
HB 1168	Retiree return-to-work/PERS	Ormsby	H Approps	1/14/2015	Jan 29 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)	SB 5211(SWays & Means)
HB 1189	City, district publ. records	Hunt, S.	H Local Govt	1/15/2015	Jan 27 Scheduled for executive session in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)
HB 1250	Notice and review processes	Holy	H Local Govt	1/16/2015	Jan 27 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	SB 5138(SGovtOp&StSec)
HB 1251	Emergency med services levy	Van De Wege	H Finance	1/16/2015	Jan 23 Public hearing in the House  Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
HB 1322	State retirement plans	Reykdal	H Approps	1/19/2015	Jan 29 Scheduled for public hearing in the House  Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change)
HB 1331	School library & tech progs	Muri	H Education	1/19/2015		SB 5294(SEL/K-12)
HB 1374	Agency contract information	Taylor	H Judiciary	1/19/2015
HB 1425	Advisory committees, etc.	Pollet	H State Governme	1/20/2015
HB 1542	PERS, TRS, SERS/earlier ages	Hunt, S.	H Approps	1/22/2015		SB 5473(SWays & Means)
HB 1615	Postretirement employment	Appleton	H Approps	1/23/2015		SB 5545(SWays & Means)
SB 5076	Operating sup budget 2015	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015		HB 1105(HApprops)
SB 5077	Operating budget 2015-2017	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/13/2015	Jan 14 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.	HB 1106(HApprops)
SB 5138	Notice and review processes	Roach	S GovtOp&StSec	1/14/2015	Jan 20 Public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Government Operations & State Security at 10:00 AM.	HB 1250(HLocal Govt)
SB 5211	Retiree return-to-work/PERS	Bailey	S Ways & Means	1/15/2015		HB 1168(HApprops)
SB 5226	Public sector union finances	Becker	S Commerce and L	1/15/2015	Jan 26 Scheduled for executive session in the Senate  Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 5294	School library & tech progs	McAuliffe	S EL/K-12	1/19/2015	Jan 27 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)	HB 1331(HEducation)
SB 5329	Public employee bargaining	Braun	S Commerce and La	1/19/2015	Jan 26 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change)
SB 5348	Joint utilization contracts	Miloscia	S GovtOp&StSec	1/20/2015	Jan 29 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate  Committee on Government Operations & State Security at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change)	HB 1079(HState Governme)
SB 5463	Cultural & heritage programs	Hill	S Ways & Means	1/22/2015		HB 1107(HComm Dev, Hous)
SB 5466	PEBB benefits eligibility	Becker	S Ways & Means	1/22/2015
SB 5473	PERS, TRS, SERS/earlier ages	Chase	S Ways & Means	1/22/2015		HB 1542(HApprops)
SB 5525	Property taxes	Sheldon	S Ways & Means	1/23/2015
SB 5533	Electronic data, charges for	Hobbs	S GovtOp&StSec	1/23/2015
SB 5545	Postretirement employment	McAuliffe	S Ways & Means	1/23/2015		HB 1615(HApprops)
SJR 8203	Prop tx valuation base years	Sheldon	S Ways & Means	1/23/2015